[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43761-43762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20658]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and
solicitation of public comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following
proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: New.
2. The title of the information collection: Voluntary Reporting of
Performance Indicators.
3. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
4. How often the collection is required: One-time collection and
quarterly thereafter.
5. Who is required or asked to report: Power reactor licensees.
6. An estimate of the number of responses: 264.
7. The estimated number of annual respondents: 66 reactor sites.
8. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to
complete the requirement or request: 13,860 hours (210 hours per site),
and a one-time start-up effort of 13,200 hours.
9. An indication of whether Section 3507(d), Pub. L. 104-13
applies: Not applicable.
10. Abstract: As part of a joint industry-NRC initiative, the NRC
plans to receive information submitted voluntarily by power reactor
licensees regarding selected performance attributes known as
performance indicators (PIs). PIs provide objective measures of the
performance of licensees' systems or programs. The NRC is revising its
reactor oversight process to use PI information, along with the results
of selected audits and inspections, as the basis for NRC conclusions
regarding plant performance and necessary regulatory response. PIs will
be transmitted electronically to reduce burden on licensees and the NRC
as part of the NRC's revised oversight process which
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is scheduled for implementation beginning in April 2000.
A copy of the draft supporting statement may be viewed free of
charge at the NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW (lower
level), Washington, DC. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC
World Wide Web site (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/OMB/index.html). The
document will be available on the NRC Home Page site for 60 days after
the signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer
listed below by September 10, 1999. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of
consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.
Erik Godwin,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150- ), NEOB-10202,
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
Comments can also be submitted by telephone at (202) 395-3087.
The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda Jo. Shelton, 301-415-7233.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 5th day of August 1999.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Beth C. St. Mary,
Acting NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-20658 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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